A small section of the embroidery (for example, a flower petal) is divided into several layers of equal width, with the stitching (fig. a). Starting from the second layer, a fastening stitch is added to make the pattern tight...
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Back stitch, also called catch stitch, is a traditional stitch technique used in Suzhou embroidery. It uses the plain stitch to connect layers of stitches, with each stitch perforating, the previous stitch...
In the plain stitch technique, lines are arranged neatly and evenly on a flat face of base material. The rise and fall of the stitch must be on the edge of the pattern, the lines must be properly spaced without overlapping...
Established in 1957, Suzhou Embroidery Institute is located at Huanxiu Villa on Jinde Road in Suzhou. It gathers the highest quality silk embroideries in the world, many hand embroidered by embroidery masters like Ren Huixian, Zhu Feng and etc. It has cultivated many masters of embroidery and innovated more than 200 kinds of embroidery techniques...
